High Protein Vegan Overnight Oats

I am glad my blog facelift launched without a hitch.

Seriously Emily is the best!  She took our ideas and went with them and we are so happy with the results.  Hope you guys like it too.

The other day I posted about this recipe and said a formal recipe was to follow.  

Well here it is!

Bill and I just love overnight oats.  We prep them for the whole week on a Sunday night.  Just takes a second to do and then each morning we grab our deliciousness and head to work.  We have blogged about another version but we like this version because the extra protein adds a bit more staying power and the vanilla flavor powder adds a hint of vanilla creaminess which can’t be beat.

 

High protein vegan overnight oats
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Recipe type: Breakfast, Vegan
Author: Kalli and Bill
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 8 hours
Total time: 8 hours 5 mins
Serves: 1
Higher protein easy overnight oats
Ingredients
  • ½ cup Bob’s Old Red Mill Muesli
  • 1 cup almond, hemp, or coconut milk
  • ½ Banana
  • 1 scoop vanilla vegan protein powder.
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon chia seeds
Instructions
  1. Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix.
  2. “Cook” overnight in the refrigerator.
  3. Next morning top cold oats with almond or cashew butter and fresh berries.

Even though the recipe calls for it to “cook” overnight in the refrigerator, here is our version without cooking it and topped with some granola.

Both ”cooked” and non cooked are equally delicious.

And If you have not used Bob’s Red Mill Muesli before, we highly recommend it!  Way better than plain oats.

Hope your week is off to a good start :)

 

Pics from the weekend

Oh weekend why must you go so fast?

What’s in your cycling jersey?

One of the things I took with me on my ride this Saturday were these gems.

Probar was kind enough to send Bill and I a nice box of the assorted flavors.

Bill and I consume a lot of energy bars. 

Since we pack lunch and snacks 5 days out of the week, having bars on hand are a necessity.  Instead of digging into the work candy bowl or partaking in the donuts in the staff lounge, I tend to grab a bar.

My favorite so far has been the chocolate orange.

I like these fruition bars because they are not super calorie dense and they taste like real food.  Most bars lately are about 200 calories and have a lot of ingredients I can’t figure out.  Not these :)

On the ride on Saturday they were a quick pick me up and I felt better eating one than grabbing one of the cookies they had at our various stops on our route.

Though I did eat a cookie or two after the big ride :)

Have you tried these bars yet?

Check out their video too, it may make you want to try one!

 

Cruisin the conejo

This weekend went by very fast in part because I spent a large part of it (Saturday) on my bike.

I joined up with my cycling friend, Marianna to participate in a metric century (68 miles) called Crusin the Conejo.

We started the ride at 8am on Saturday and completed it about 4 1/2 hours later.

It was not a race but it is called a supported bike ride.  For the 50 dollar entry fee you get food along the course and a post race party.  Plus they offer sag support (if you get a flat, or break down there are people around to help).

It was a really fun event and it was quite challenging as well with almost 4000 feet of climbing.  Plus the farthest I had ridden previous to Saturday was 50 miles so the last 18 were pretty rough!

But we finished!  And I felt like I had powered through a tough ride.

Thankfully once I was finished we had a fun night with friends scheduled so wine and delicious eats were enjoyed!

Did you have a good weekend?

So many people on instagram and on blogs ran races this weekend.  You got me to sign up for a half in June…..thanks for the motivation!